Lucas, with great enthusiasm, took Rosette to the dining hall.
“The best kind of person is one who gives you delicious food!”
He chattered in a way Rosette couldn’t understand and eagerly gave instructions to the chef.
Soon after, the maids brought in breakfast, which was distinctly different from the day before.
Instead of being served on individual plates, the food was set in the middle of the table buffet-style, allowing everyone to help themselves.
Rosette’s eyes widened at the mountainous pile of pancakes, and Lucas, sitting next to her, boasted proudly.
“When Dad’s not around, we sometimes eat like this. No need for formalities.”
He heaped a face-sized pancake onto his plate and drenched it in maple syrup, then cut a large slice and stuffed it into his mouth.
It was unclear whether Lucas was eating because he was hungry or to feed Rosette.
Rosette watched him eat and then looked at the food laid out on the table.
Next to the mountain of pancakes were plates of crispy bacon and shiny sausages.
Beside them was a thick omelet filled with cheese and minced vegetables, and next to that were grilled vegetables. There were also salads, cheeses, and other foods.
Rosette had never seen so much food at once in her life, not even in her previous life.
As she held her fork and just blinked, Lucas, who had already finished a pancake, asked her,
“Why aren’t you eating?”
“I don’t know what to eat first.”
“Why not? Just start with what you want to eat most. What do you want to eat?”
“Ummm…”
Rosette pondered. No one had ever asked her opinion about food before.
In the orphanage and in the Dallas family, she just accepted and ate whatever food was given. She never asked for what she wanted first.
In fact, few people had ever asked for her opinion on anything.
Rosette looked at the pancake crumbs on Lucas’s lips and finally answered,
“I’ll have the same as… oppa.”
“Really? I’ll help you.”
Lucas seemed a bit smug as he placed a pancake on Rosette’s plate.
“What do you want on top?”
“The same as… oppa.”
“Alright, I’ll put maple syrup.”
After pouring the syrup, Lucas kept asking,
“What do you want with the pancake? Cream? Fruit?”
“Fruit…”
“What kind? Banana? Strawberry? Blueberry? Kiwi?”
She had followed Lucas with the syrup, but now she faced a question she couldn’t just mimic.
Moreover, why were there so many options? Rosette felt dizzy with choices. She was afraid of disappointing Lucas with her answer.
But she didn’t know what she wanted. Eventually, she stuttered,
“I don’t, don’t know.”
Her voice was slightly tearful. Lucas panicked noticeably.
“Hey, hey. Don’t cry over something like this. What’s the big deal! Here, eat everything. Just eat it all.”
He brought over the whole plate of fruit and served various types to Rosette.
Her eyes widened.
“Can I eat all this?”
“Of course!”
“Really?”
“Sure! Eat as much as you like!”
Lucas grinned and served himself another pancake and various fruits.
“Let’s eat together.”
Rosette finally relaxed and nodded.
“Yes!”
She cautiously took a bite of the pancake. The syrup-soaked pancake was honestly too sweet, making the fruit’s sweetness almost imperceptible.
But the taste was so delightful that it brought tears to her eyes. Or perhaps, it was Lucas’s kindness that was so overwhelming.
As Rosette sniffled and ate the fruit, Lucas asked her contentedly, “Tastes good, right?”
“Yes.”
“I’m the best, right?”
“Yes.”
“Better than Daniel, right?”
“…”
Rosette couldn’t answer that question. She didn’t have any special feelings to say who was better.
Lucas seemed to take her silence in his own way and grumbled.
“Even after I made special pancakes, you think I’m not as good as him? I don’t get why everyone likes Daniel so much.”
“No, that’s not it!”
Rosette quickly swallowed what she had in her mouth and denied it. Lucas asked with a glimmer of hope, “Then?”
Rosette murmured softly, “I… like both.”
“So you like me too?”
“Yes.”
“Then that’s enough.”
Lucas, his ears reddening, scratched his cheek.
“Eat up quickly. After you finish, let’s tour the mansion.”
Rosette nodded and began to eat her pancakes earnestly. Lucas also started gobbling his food as if it were a competition.
Unbeknownst to them, the servants were watching the two siblings with fond expressions.
Lucas kept piling food onto Rosette’s plate, as if he couldn’t feed her enough.
Not only that, but he also praised her every time she emptied her plate.
‘It feels nice.’
Rosette enjoyed listening to Lucas’s endless chatter and kept eating. When her flat stomach began to bulge, she finally put down her fork.
“I can’t eat anymore.”
“Really? Try to eat a little more.”
“I really can’t. If I eat any more…”
She couldn’t bring herself to say she might throw up everything she had eaten.
Lucas seemed to understand her unspoken words and didn’t insist further. Instead, he quickly finished his own portion and stood up.
“Alright. Now, I’ll show you around the mansion!”
Just then, a displeased voice came from the entrance.
After Being Cheated On, She Picked Up a Treasure (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: The husband I married on a whim had been secretly in love with me for a long time.
On the day when Jun Shao finally obtained the imperial decree for her marriage, Lan Qu, the person she had admired for six years, defied the decree and ran away.
Her gentleness and devotion, her promise of a lifetime together, were all disregarded by him. Instead, he dreamed of entering the palace to serve the Emperor’s sister as a sixth-rank attendant.
News of this incident spread throughout the capital, and the alleys in front of and behind the Lan mansion were crowded with people who came to watch the commotion.
Jun Shao should have been embarrassed and angry.
But someone stepped in to protect her dignity.
The figure was in a miserable state, yet still possessed an undeniable elegance and handsomeness.
The young lord struggled to climb the wall of the Lan mansion and shouted to her, “If he won’t marry you, I will!”
So, Jun Shao took advantage of the situation and married the person.
She thought the young lord did it to save the Lan family from the crime of defying the imperial decree, but never imagined that from beginning to end, what he coveted was her.
*
After the wedding, Jun Shao felt like she was living in a dream.
Her Wife-master was as beautiful as a fairy in a painting, skilled in the six arts, well-versed in poetry and literature, capable of being gentle and attentive, and also grand and dignified. Most importantly, she was the only one in his heart and eyes.
Jun Shao didn’t know how Lan Shiwu, as a illegitimate son without a father and blessed with beauty, had managed to preserve his purity, recklessly escape, and use his last ounce of strength to ruin his own reputation, all because of his love for her, just to stand before her.
She could only see him gazing at her with eyes full of love, and when she bestowed a name upon him, his eyes shone like stars.
“You have come to me like a weary bird perching on a branch. I shall call you A Qi.”
